Kaye Dan K, Mirembe Florence, Ekstrom Anna Mia, Kyomuhendo Grace Bantebya, Johansson Annika
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.
Afr Health Sci. 2005 Dec;5(4):300-3. doi: 10.5555/afhs.2005.5.4.300.
Bride price payment is a gender issue with implications on gender relations in different socio-cultural contexts. It also impacts Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. In a qualitative study on the perceptions of domestic violence in Wakiso district, payment of bride price emerged as one of the key factors associated with domestic violence. The study explored experiences, motivations, meanings, consequences and reproductive health implications of bride price payment in Wakiso district Uganda.
10 single-sex focus group discussions and 14 in-depth interviews were conducted in Wakiso and Nangabo sub-counties, Wakiso district from July 2003 through March 2004. Data was analyzed by thematic content analysis, assisted by Easy Text software for data retrieval.
Participants perceived bride price as indicating that a woman was 'bought' into the man's household, which reduced her household decision-making roles. It limited women's independence and perpetuated unequal gender power relations, especially regarding health-seeking behaviour.
Bride price payment is a contextual factor that the community in Wakiso District, Uganda, perceived as associated with domestic violence, with serious sexual and reproductive health implications.
彩礼支付是一个性别问题，在不同的社会文化背景下会对性别关系产生影响。它还会影响性健康和生殖健康及权利。在一项关于瓦基索区家庭暴力认知的定性研究中，彩礼支付成为与家庭暴力相关的关键因素之一。该研究探讨了乌干达瓦基索区彩礼支付的经历、动机、意义、后果及对生殖健康的影响。
2003年7月至2004年3月期间，在瓦基索区的瓦基索和纳加博次县进行了10次单性别焦点小组讨论和14次深入访谈。数据通过主题内容分析法进行分析，并借助Easy Text软件进行数据检索。
参与者认为彩礼表明女性被“买”进男方家庭，这减少了她在家庭决策中的角色。它限制了女性的独立性，使不平等的性别权力关系长期存在，尤其是在寻求健康行为方面。
彩礼支付是乌干达瓦基索区社区认为与家庭暴力相关的一个背景因素，对性健康和生殖健康有严重影响。
